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    Walter Beach Humphrey (1892-1966) Original Advertising Art (1940-1950).. A fully finished preliminary drawing for a Western ...

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    • Original Illustration Art:Mainstream Illustration, Walter Beach Humphrey (1892-1966) Original Advertising Art (1940-1950).. A fully finished preliminary drawing for a Western ...
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    Walter Beach Humphrey (1892-1966) Original Advertising Art (1940-1950).
    A fully finished preliminary drawing for a Western Union Christmas ad.
    Charcoal and mixed media on board, framed (13.5 x 31), sight size approximately 4.5 x 23. Not signed.
    An example of the final published version is framed with the preliminary drawing.

    keywords: illustrator, painting, The Saturday Evening Post artist, humor, holidays, Americana

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    Auction Dates
    November, 2003
    20th-23rd Thursday-Sunday
    Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 3
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    I have done a preliminary analysis and the total of the hammer prices was $67,550. With BP, the final figure was $80,722.25. That is against the total insurance value of $34,785 or 2.32 x ‘pre-auction estimate’. Incredible, really, so a big thanks.
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